Woman, 3 children dead across bed in Kenner, Louisiana; more Gulf Coast news

View full sizeSteve Caraway: Kenner, Louisiana, police chief says a husband returned home to find his wife and 3 children dead inside their home on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.

KENNER, Louisiana -- A woman and her 3 children were reported dead at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday from gunshot wounds in their Kenner home, police told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

The woman's husband arrived home from work and, after getting no response when he called out, went upstairs to find all 4 bodies in a bed, with his
wife's body lying across the bodies of the children, Kenner Police Chief Steve Caraway said.

In other news across the Gulf Coast:

Waterspout by Destin Pass caught on camera: A Fort Walton Beach, Florida, resident caught a photograph of a waterspout spawned by a Saturday storm near Destin Pass. You can view the photo in the Destin Log.

Pensacola man kills girlfriend, wounds himself: The Escambia County Sheriff's Office reports that 33-year-old Teva Davon Bradley of Pensacola and his girlfriend, 27-year-old Rodeshia Norris, were arguing Sunday morning, according to an Associated Press report in the Northwest Florida Daily News. Witnesses said Bradley shot at Norris and chased her across the parking lot into a neighbor's apartment. The neighbors say they fled the unit before hearing several gunshots.

2 injured In UWF chemistry lab accident; some classes canceled: Two students suffered minor burns in a chemistry lab accident this afternoon at the University of West Florida, NorthEscambia.com reports. There were less than 100 students in the building at the time and all were evacuated, according to the report.